Standard Lemma guide

purebred

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An animal which has genuine parents of the same breed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: crossbred

4

noun

Meaning 4

a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thoroughbred, pureblood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

History

Etymology

From pure + bred.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: чистокръвен (čistokrǎven) — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 純種的 /纯种的 (chúnzhǒng de) — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Finnish: puhdasrotuinen — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • French: pur-sang — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • German: reinrassig — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • German: rassenrein — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • German: Rasse- — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Hungarian: fajtiszta — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Hungarian: fajtatiszta — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Icelandic: hreinræktaður — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Irish: pórghlan — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Japanese: 純血の (junketsu no) — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Russian: чистокро́вный (čistokróvnyj) — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Russian: чистопоро́дный (čistoporódnyj) — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Spanish: de pura cepa — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Swedish: renrasig — that which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 純種 /纯种 (chúnzhǒng) — animal which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Finnish: puhdasrotuinen — animal which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Finnish: rotu- — animal which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Japanese: 純血 (junketsu) — animal which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Korean: 순혈 (sunhyeol) — animal which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Polish: czystej krwi — animal which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Polish: pełnokrwisty — animal which has genuine parents of the same breed
  • Russian: поро́дистое живо́тное (poródistoje živótnoje) — animal which has genuine parents of the same breed